Dry Stone Walling Bursary Training Portfolio
16.07.18 - 12.07.19
P. Jeyacheya
Workbook Two
Workbook Two consists of five questions. Together the questions cover a range of topics that are useful to a dry stone waller. Questions 1 & 2 cover the classification of rocks and how to calcuate the volumes & tonnage needed for building a dry stone wall. Questions 3 & 4 cover the structure of a dry stone wall and the potential faults that could occur for a number of reasons. The final question looks at how a dry stone wall provides habitat for a variety of organisms.
The answers are mostly highlights and are not intended to give a full understanding of all the topics covered. Instead they serve as an introduction that should be build on over time and with experience.
Workbook 2: Calculate
Q2a:
Calculate the volume of the following walls:
| A | 20 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.45 | 10.8 |
| B | 50 | 1.8 | 1.00 | 0.5 | 0.75 | 67.5 |
| C | 80 | 1.4 | 0.75 | 0.4 | 0.575 | 64.4 |
Q2b:
For each of the walls above, calculate the tonnage needed for each of these type of stone:
The values for Volume (2) and Tonnes needed (2) account for the wall being made up of 15% air.
| A | Carboniferous Limestone | 2.5 | 10.8 | 27 | 9.18 | 22.95 |
| B | Gritstone | 2.2 | 67.5 | 148.5 | 57.37 | 126.22 |
| C | Granite | 2.6 | 64.4 | 167.44 | 54.74 | 142.32 |
| A | Cotswold Oolitic Limestone | 2.0 | 10.8 | 20.4 | 9.18 | 18.36 |
| B | Old Red Sandstone | 2.35 | 67.5 | 158.63 | 57.37 | 134.82 |
| C | Portland Oolitic Limestone | 2.15 | 64.4 | 138.46 | 54.74 | 117.69 |
Q2c:
Give 3 common sources of stone:
Field walling
Surface field stone
Garden walls
Derelict walls & buildings
Decorative features
Abondoned quarries
Self quarried stone
Professionally quarried stone
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Our Services
Projects covered include:
- Free estimates & quotations
- Traditional dry stone walling
- Retaining Walls
- Cheek ends / wall heads
- Garden walls
- Field Walls
- Gap Repairs
- New walls with new or reclaimed stone
- Boundary walls
- Ornamental walls feature walls
- Dry stone walls with mortared coping stones
- Mortared walls
Areas We Cover
Lancashire boroughs of
- Rossendale
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Hyndburn
- Burnley
- Pendle
- and further afield ...
Services also extended to our nearest neighbours in:
- Todmorden
- Hebden Bridge
- Sowerby Bridge
- Littleborough
- ...and everywhere within that geographical circle
